Unnamed Thorium Prospect

The Unnamed Thorium Prospect is a thorium mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,179 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Unnamed Thorium Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  Gunnison

Elevation: 8,179 Feet (2,493 Meters)

Commodity: Thorium

Lat, Long: 38.39528, -107.23472

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Unnamed Thorium Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Thorium Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Thorium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Marion-Vanguard Area


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Unnamed Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite


Comments

Comment (Location): ON RIDGE BETWEEN TWO UNNAMED TRIBUTARY GULCHES OF LAKE GULCH ABOUT 0.65 MILE ABOVE ITS CONFLUENCE WITH LAKE FORK GUNNISON RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Geology): OTHER MINERALS LISTED ABOVE ARE GENERAL OCCURRENCES REPORTED FOR TH VEINS IN AREA; ALL MAY NOT NECESSARILY OCCUR AT THIS SITE.

Comment (Deposit): THORIUM VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF TH OCCURRENCE KNOWN IN POWDERHORN-IRON HILL AREA AND ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF LATE PRECAMBRIAN SYENITES NORTH AND WEST OF IRON HILL AND OF YOUNGER LATE PRECAMBRIAN OR CAMBRIAN CARBONATITES AT IRON HILL. FOLIATION OF BLACK CANYON SCHIST AND GNEISS COUNTRY ROCK TRENDS GENERALLY N 20 TO 47 W, 80 TO 90 NE. PROSPECT LIES AT INTERSECTION OF PRINCIPAL FAULT TRENDING GENERALLY N 40 TO 55 W WITH SMALL SUBSIDIARY BRANCH AT N 10 W. PEGMATITES AND GRANITE DIKES CUT SCHIST AND GNEISS AT VARIOUS ATTITUDES, GENERALLY ONE AT NW-SW AND ONE AT ENE-WSW.

Comment (Workings): ONE SURFACE PROSPECT PIT


References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OOF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.


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